Quality in surgery: current issues for the future.

World J Surg

Center for Surgical Outcomes and Quality, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, CHS Room 72-215, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

Published: October 2005

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